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THE LLANELLI LANDSCAPE: THE GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND LLANELLI

Written by D.Q. Bowen
Published by Llanelli Borough Council in 1980
ISBN: 0906821010

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THE LLANELLI LANDSCAPE: THE GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND LLANELLI
Written by D.Q. Bowen.
Stock no. 2140787
Circa. 1980. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w maps, diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0906821010. Light bumping to spine. Gold name and address label stuck to front endpaper, which is also a little grubby with some creasing/wrinkling. Browning and some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and browned.

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Cover of THE LLANELLI LANDSCAPE: THE GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND LLANELLI by D.Q. Bowen

Contents

  • Chapter 1 - Some Preliminary Considerations
  • The Rocks
  • Geological Context
  • The Geomorphology
  • About the Book
  • Nomenclature
  • Chapter 2 - The Solid Rock Formations
  • Classification
  • Lithology
  • Palaeogeography
  • The Llynfi Beds
  • The Rhondda Beds
  • The Brithdir Beds
  • The Hughes Beds
  • The Swansea Beds
  • The Grovesend Beds
  • Geological Structure
  • The Anthracite Problem
  • Chapter 3 - Rocks and Relief
  • Chapter 4 - Models of Landscape Evolution
  • The Landform in Overview
  • Models of Landform Development
  • Chapter 5 - The Llanelli Platforms
  • The Platforms
  • The Shorelines of the Platforms
  • The Origin of the Platforms
  • The Drainage Pattern
  • Landform Palimpsests
  • Chapter 6 - The Landscape in Dynamic Equilibrium
  • Chapter 7 - The Pleistocene Ice Age
  • The Glaciation of the Llanelli Area
  • The Earlier Glaciation
  • The Last Interglacial
  • The Last (Devensian) Glaciation
  • The Periglacial Inheritance
  • Chapter 8 - The Holocene (Postglacial) Epoch
  • Chapter 9 - The Landscape in Overview
  • The Evolution of Llanelli's Landform
  • Chapter 10 - The Country west of the Stradey Fault and south of Cwm Mawr
  • Geology and Geomorphology
  • Itineraries
  • Chapter 11 - Cwm Mawr and Cwm Bach
  • Geology and Geomorphology
  • Itinerary
  • Chapter 12 - Llanelli and District
  • Chapter 13 - East of Dafen River
  • Chapter 14 - The Lliedi Valley above Felinfoel
  • Chapter 15 - Mynydd Sylen
  • Chapter 16 - The Morlais Valley
  • List of References
  • Index